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Ogogo said no thanks. Centre mid and another forward a priority. No mention of a keeper coming in. Maloney and Lapslie on the plane to portugal

I think you misheard him. He said another centre forward would be a priority if Vetekele & Magennis left. Doesn't think Vetekele will be here due to his wages & that Maynard-Brewer, Lapslie & Mahoney will be part of the squad.....although not to play regularly as they aren't ready. Main priority was a tough centre midfielder as we only have Aribo & JFC.

Says we will have a small squad & I reckon we'll only bring a player in when one leaves, and not before

Ogogo said no thanks. Centre mid and another forward a priority. No mention of a keeper coming in. Maloney and Lapslie on the plane to portugal

I think you misheard him. He said another centre forward would be a priority if Vetekele & Magennis left. Doesn't think Vetekele will be here due to his wages & that Maynard-Brewer, Lapslie & Mahoney will be part of the squad.....although not to play regularly as they aren't ready. Main priority was a tough centre midfielder as we only have Aribo & JFC.

Says we will have a small squad & I reckon we'll only bring a player in when one leaves, and not before

Looks like we're in for a long hard season. Top 2 my arse !!!

Fair enough. I was struggling to hear what Bow was saying at times during that interview.

Ogogo said no thanks. Centre mid and another forward a priority. No mention of a keeper coming in. Maloney and Lapslie on the plane to portugal

I think you misheard him. He said another centre forward would be a priority if Vetekele & Magennis left. Doesn't think Vetekele will be here due to his wages & that Maynard-Brewer, Lapslie & Mahoney will be part of the squad.....although not to play regularly as they aren't ready. Main priority was a tough centre midfielder as we only have Aribo & JFC.

Says we will have a small squad & I reckon we'll only bring a player in when one leaves, and not before

I got the distinct feeling that the club are hoping to move Magennis on. Yes, Bolton did come for him last January, but Richard Cawley reported at the time that Oldham wanted too much for Craig Davies and so the deal fell through (I see Davies recently went to Mansfield for an undisclosed fee). At the time, of course, Bolton had just lost Gary Madine for £5 million (£5 million!) and were casting around for a centre forward at short notice. They may well look elsewhere this summer and I don't think Charlton can assume that a similar offer will be forthcoming again. Mind you, Roland's 'discount for cash' approach will doubtless see some sort of deal done. If only he adopted the same approach to selling the club as he does to flogging our players.

Whilst discussing Magennis and Bauer, Bowyer said that, if players got the chance to play in the Championship, you couldn't begrudge them that. Very worryingly, that sounds as if an improved Blackburn bid for Bauer could see him gone, leaving us with two central defenders - Pearce (who has suffered his fair share of injuries) and Naby Sarr (who is not up to it). We had five last year.

Another disappointment for me was Bowyer not mentioning Anfernee Djiksteel as one of our central midfield players. He said that Lapslie and Taylor Maloney were next in line behind JFC and Joe Aribo. Given that Chris Solly may not be fit for the start of the season and Roland is not interested in funding a full back, Djiksteel is probably going to have to fill in there. Like many others, I would like to see him deployed in his proper position.

All in all, whilst Lyle Taylor looks a very good signing and a major upgrade on Magennis, I fear we are in for a season of struggle and inconsistency, given the threadbare nature of the squad and Duchatelet's latest austerity measures. What on earth are we going to do once injuries bite over the course of a tough 46 game season ? Thus it ever was under this dreadful regime.

I got the distinct feeling that the club are hoping to move Magennis on. Yes, Bolton did come for him last January, but Richard Cawley reported at the time that Oldham wanted too much for Craig Davies and so the deal fell through (I see Davies recently went to Mansfield for an undisclosed fee). At the time, of course, Bolton had just lost Gary Madine for £5 million (£5 million!) and were casting around for a centre forward at short notice. They may well look elsewhere this summer and I don't think Charlton can assume that a similar offer will be forthcoming again. Mind you, Roland's 'discount for cash' approach will doubtless see some sort of deal done. If only he adopted the same approach to selling the club as he does to flogging our players.

Whilst discussing Magennis and Bauer, Bowyer said that, if players got the chance to play in the Championship, you couldn't begrudge them that. Very worryingly, that sounds as if an improved Blackburn bid for Bauer could see him gone, leaving us with two central defenders - Pearce (who has suffered his fair share of injuries) and Naby Sarr (who is not up to it). We had five last year.

Another disappointment for me was Bowyer not mentioning Anfernee Djiksteel as one of our central midfield players. He said that Lapslie and Taylor Maloney were next in line behind JFC and Joe Aribo. Given that Chris Solly may not be fit for the start of the season and Roland is not interested in funding a full back, Djiksteel is probably going to have to fill in there. Like many others, I would like to see him deployed in his proper position.

All in all, whilst Lyle Taylor looks a very good signing and a major upgrade on Magennis, I fear we are in for a season of struggle and inconsistency, given the threadbare nature of the squad and Duchatelet's latest austerity measures. What on earth are we going to do once injuries bite over the course of a tough 46 game season ? Thus it ever was under this dreadful regime.

The most disappointing thing for me in the whole interview was as you mentioned too, that he didn’t mention Dijksteel as a centre midfielder at all. And I am fairly sure Anfernee would be far more disappointed too.

I got the distinct feeling that the club are hoping to move Magennis on. Yes, Bolton did come for him last January, but Richard Cawley reported at the time that Oldham wanted too much for Craig Davies and so the deal fell through (I see Davies recently went to Mansfield for an undisclosed fee). At the time, of course, Bolton had just lost Gary Madine for £5 million (£5 million!) and were casting around for a centre forward at short notice. They may well look elsewhere this summer and I don't think Charlton can assume that a similar offer will be forthcoming again. Mind you, Roland's 'discount for cash' approach will doubtless see some sort of deal done. If only he adopted the same approach to selling the club as he does to flogging our players.

Whilst discussing Magennis and Bauer, Bowyer said that, if players got the chance to play in the Championship, you couldn't begrudge them that. Very worryingly, that sounds as if an improved Blackburn bid for Bauer could see him gone, leaving us with two central defenders - Pearce (who has suffered his fair share of injuries) and Naby Sarr (who is not up to it). We had five last year.

Another disappointment for me was Bowyer not mentioning Anfernee Djiksteel as one of our central midfield players. He said that Lapslie and Taylor Maloney were next in line behind JFC and Joe Aribo. Given that Chris Solly may not be fit for the start of the season and Roland is not interested in funding a full back, Djiksteel is probably going to have to fill in there. Like many others, I would like to see him deployed in his proper position.

All in all, whilst Lyle Taylor looks a very good signing and a major upgrade on Magennis, I fear we are in for a season of struggle and inconsistency, given the threadbare nature of the squad and Duchatelet's latest austerity measures. What on earth are we going to do once injuries bite over the course of a tough 46 game season ? Thus it ever was under this dreadful regime.

The most disappointing thing for me in the whole interview was as you mentioned too, that he didn’t mention Dijksteel as a centre midfielder at all. And I am fairly sure Anfernee would be far more disappointed too.

Bolton have signed Clayton Donaldson. That ship has sailed with regards to them signing Magennis. Id be suprised if there's a queue of championship clubs looking to sign him so expect he'll still be here next season.

Josh hasn't been the same since his injury v MIllwall. Just prior to that he'd scored a great hat-trick v Bristol Rovers and generally looked really good. He's still done a decent job for the team (got some goals and done his bit defensively) but since that injury he's barely scored a goal with his feet.

Josh hasn't been the same since his injury v MIllwall. Just prior to that he'd scored a great hat-trick v Bristol Rovers and generally looked really good. He's still done a decent job for the team (got some goals and done his bit defensively) but since that injury he's barely scored a goal with his feet.

Should drop him back into defence like Doherty & Dublin did. He's never going to be a prolific striker.